Scientific program – preliminary version; updates in progress
| Time | Session |
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Shaping the Future in RA Training Chair: Iustin Loghin |
| The Future of RA - A Residents View Lotte van Geffen |
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| The Role of Simulation Training in Patient`s Safety in Anesthesia Lara Ribeiro |
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| Teaching in the Age of AI Roman Zuercher |
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| Regional Anesthesia Training in Africa: How Can We Improve It Ezzat Azziz |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Neuraxial Chair: Marius Papurica |
| Spinal Anesthesia - A Reevaluation of Contraindication Liliana Mirea |
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| The Vulnerable Back: Should We Stay Away from the Spinal Canal, Dura and CSF? Marcel Vercauteren |
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| Ultrasound Guided Spinal Anaesthesia Lim Yean Chin |
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| Safety of Adjuvants for Spinal Anesthesia Ivan Kostadinov |
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| The Subdural Block - From Virtual to Reality Adela Onuțu |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | SAFETY = A Must in RA Chair: Radu Tăbăcaru |
| Another Failure of Regional Anesthesia - Local Anesthetic Resistance Mihai Botea |
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| You Must Select the Fittest Anesthesia Technique for Every Single Patient! Gabriel Gurman |
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| LAST: What's New and What You Should Know Guy Weinberg |
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| The Pitfalls of AI Rajnish Gupta |
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| Patient Safety in Regional Anesthesia: Where Do Critical Errors Occur? Janos Szederjesi |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Leadership in RA and Beyond Chair: Denisa Anastase |
| Female Role & Leadership in Academic RA and Pain Medicine / Challenges & Future Perspectives Eleni Moka |
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| Up and Down the Learning Curve Svetlana Galitzine |
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| Lessons Learned from a Career in Anesthesia Vincent Chan |
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| The Gathering Storm Daniel Sessler |
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| 18:00 - 19:00 | Opening Ceremony Chair: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu Eleni Moka, Marc Van de Velde, Nuala Lucas, Dmytro Dmytriiev, Jose de Aguirre |
| 20:00 | Train the Trainers Workshop Location to be announced. (Offered to faculty members by organizers / Dinner willl be served during training) Chair: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu Lecturer: Horia Hăsnaș |
| Time | Session |
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Misc. in Pain Chair: Alin Pandea |
| TBA Florin Orza |
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| TBA Abdelkarim Aloweidi |
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| Low Back Pain: Know the Generator, Optimize the Intervention Anca Ionescu |
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| TBA Ovidiu Palea |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Pain Management - A Basic Human Right Chair: Anca Ionescu |
| Pain Management in Paliative Care Medicine Stelian Mociu |
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| Palliative Care Education and Equitable Access to Essential Medicines Julie Ling (WHO) |
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| Implementing a Pediatric Pain Service in a Resource-Constrained Public Medical System: Experience from Marie Curie Hospital Eugen Oleineac |
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| Exploring the Intersection of Medical Evidence, AI, and Patient Rights to Achieve Effective Healthcare Adrian Grunfeld |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| Novelty in Chronic Pain I Chair: Lucian Băilă |
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| Integrated Chronic Pain Services in the ICD-11 Era: Bridging Patient Needs and Medical System Limitations Eugen Oleineac |
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| Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Acute and Chronic Pain: When, Where and Why Magdalena Anițescu |
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| Cryonalgesia for Treatment Phantom Pain Andrii Khomenko |
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| Neuromudulation for Treatment Chronic Pain After Combat Trauma Andrii Strokan |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Novelty in Chronic Pain II Chair: Eugen Oleineac |
| Platelet Rich Plasma Emanuel Narcis Husu |
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| Regenerative vs. Interventional: The Future of Musculoskeletal Pain Treatment Alin Pandea |
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| How to Diagnose Headaches: A Practical Approach for Pain Physicians Samer Narouze |
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| 18:00 - 19:00 | Opening Ceremony - Atena Hall |
| 20:00 | Train the Trainers Workshop (Offered to faculty members by organizers / Dinner willl be served during training) Chair: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu Lecturer: Horia Hăsnaș |
| Time | Session |
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Workshop: Needling Workshop Chair: Radu Tăbăcaru Trainers: Lucian Băilă, Virgil Poltorac, Cristian Oancea *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Workshop: Trunk RA Workshop Chair: Radu Tăbăcaru Trainers: Lucian Băilă, Marius Novac, Iustin Loghin *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Workshop: Limbs RA Workshop Chair: Liliana Mirea Trainers: Ana-Maria Dumitriu, Daniela Ologoiu, Raluca Ungureanu *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Workshop: Pain US Workshop Chair: Adrian Grunfeld Trainers: Ovidiu Palea, Lucian Băilă, Anca Ionescu *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| Time | Session |
| 08:00 - 10:30 | Workshop: POCUS Workshop Chair: Sudipta Sen Trainers: Lim Yean Chin, Denisa Anastase *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:30 | Workshop: POCUS Workshop Chair: Sudipta Sen Trainers: Lim Yean Chin, Denisa Anastase *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Workshop: Basic Blocks for Analgesia in Combat Trauma Workshop Trainer: Andrii Strokan *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| VIP Workshop *Participants can choose the trainer(s) and topics(s) upon request. Please contact the Congress secretariat for more information. |
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| Time | Session |
| 14:00 - 18:00 | Fluoroscopy Workshop Lumbo-Sacral Sympathetic Faculty: Anca Ionescu, Stelian Mociu *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| Time | Session |
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Misc. in Regional Anesthesia Chair: Raluca Ungureanu |
| Does Gender Influence Pain? Myths or Facts Daniela Ologoiu |
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| Awake Anesthesia Techniques in Humerus Surgery Ana Maria Dumitriu |
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| Perineural Adjuncts for Peripheral Nerve Blockade Neel Desai |
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| Oftalmic Anesthesia Bazil Ateleanu |
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| Regional Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery in Pediatrics Hana Harazim |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Progresses in RA Chair: Virgil Poltorac |
| Awake Shoulder Surgery David van Aken |
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| Fast-Track Hip Arthroplasty: The Power of the Block Raluca Ungureanu |
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| Hip Analgesia Dario Bugada |
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| Anticoagulation and Regional Anesthesia Sandra Kopp |
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| TBA Rafael Blanco |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | The Latest News in RA Chair: Liliana Mirea |
| Hip and Knee Surgery: A New Paradigm John McDonnel |
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| Cryoanalgesia in Acute Pain: Which Nerve to Freeze Alparslan Turan |
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| Understanding Observational Studies and Their Pitfalls Vishal Uppal |
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| NAP 8: Methodology to Measure Complications of Regional Anaesthesia Brian O'Donnell |
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| RA Outside the OR Clara Lobo |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 19:00 | Blocks Under Fire: PNBs and Regional Anesthesia in Combat Trauma Chair: Dmytro Dmytriiev |
| Regional Anaesthesia for Day Surgery in Ukraine: Working in Low-Resource Settings Viktoriia Yevsieieva |
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| Regional Anesthesia in Combat Trauma: Solution on the Frontline Ruslan Sidleskyi |
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| Regional Anesthesia in Combat Trauma: Challenges on the Frontline Sergiy Shpychka |
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| PNBs in Pediatric Trauma Patients Yaroslav Semkovych |
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| Pain Managment in War-Related Trauma: From Easy to Difficult Treatment Method Dmytro Dmytriiev |
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| From Wound Infection to Chronic Pain: Pathways and Prevention Oleksander Nazarсhuk |
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| PNBs for Severe Combat Trauma Patients Volodymir Martsiniv |
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| Optimizing Regional Anesthesia: Can We Trust Adjuvants? Maksym Barsa |
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| 20:00 | Networking event: PRO-CON debates - Radisson Blu Hotel ”This is how I do it” sessions. Clinical demonstrations. Chair: Dan Sebastian Dirzu Pre-registration required; Dinner will be served during the panel. |
| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 16:45 | Obstetric Anesthetist Association Full Day Course Revisiting the Basics and Tackling the Disasters |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Labour Analgesia |
| 09:00 - 09:25 | Modern Neuraxial Labour Analgesia Rachel Kearns |
| 09:25 - 09:50 | Non-Neuraxial Labour Analgesia Yavor Metodiev |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | “I Can’t Move My Legs”: To Worry or Not to Worry, That is the Question. Rachel Kearns |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Discussions |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Anesthesia for C-Section |
| 11:00 - 11:25 | General and Neuraxial Analgesia Nuala Lucas |
| 11:25 - 11:50 | Post-CS Analgesia: New PROSPECT Recommendations Marc Van de Velde (online presentation) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | “I Can’t Intubate”: What to do? Yavor Metodiev |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Discussions |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Distress for Obstetrician, Anaesthetist, Mother and Baby |
| 13:30 - 13:55 | FHR Changes During Labour Alexandra Schyns |
| 13:55 - 14:20 | Maternal Collapse Nuala Lucas |
| 12:20 - 14:45 | “Blood and More Blood”, 10 Top Advices in Major Hemorrhage Marc Van de Velde (online presentation) |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Discussions |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 16:45 | Potential Catastrophes |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | “Stop, Stop, Stop Cutting, I’m in Pain” Nuala Lucas |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | “Code Orange: Pregnant Patient in a Car Crash” Alexandra Schyns |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | “I’m Not Feeling Well and Short of Breath Rachel Kearns |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Cardiac Resuscitation in Pregnancy Yavor Metodiev |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Discussions |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Pro-Con Debate: Catheters vs. Single Shot for Peripheral Nerve Blocks Chair: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu Speakers: Jason Habeck, Jacob Hutchins |
| 20:00 | Networking event: PRO-CON debates - Radisson Blu Hotel ”This is how I do it” sessions. Clinical demonstrations. Chair: Dan Sebastian Dirzu Pre-registration required; Dinner will be served during the panel. |
| Time | Session |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Cervical Blocks, Stelate ggl Dan Sebastian Dîrzu |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Fascial Plane Blocks Thoracic Region Rafael Blanco |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Fascial Plane Blocks Abdominal John McDonnell |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Above Clavicle Brian O'Donnell |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Below Clavicle Alparslan Turan |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Lumbar Plexus Blocks David van Aken |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Sacral Plexus Blocks Rajnish Gupta |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Spine Svetlana Galitzine |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Cervicogenic Headache Samer Narouze |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Hip, Fnee (+PENG and Geniculates) Alin Pandea |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Posterior Pelvis: Gluteal Pain Syndrome, Trochanteric Bursae Sacroiliac Joint, Caudal Magdalena Anițescu |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Thoraco-Lumbar Spine: Medial Branch, Facet Joint, Selective Root, Costo-Transverse Ovidiu Palea |
| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Hands-on Workshop - Needle & Catheter US Navigation: What and How We Can See It Trainers: Volodymir Martsiniv, Andrii Khomenko *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Hands-on Workshop - Sonoanatomy for Small Nerves: Block as Distally as You Can Trainers: Volodymir Martsiniv, Andrii Khomenko *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Clinical Workshop: “Ultrasound-Guided Trauma; Regional Anaesthesia: Case- Oriented Course” Trainers: Dmytro Dmytriiev, Maksym Barsa *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Workshop: Tips and tricks for successful Neuraxial Blocks Workshop Chair: Ofelia Grimaud *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| VIP Workshops - Upon request Participants can choose the lecturers and the topics to be covered. Please contact the Congress secretariat for more details. |
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| Time | Session |
| 08:00 - 13:00 | Clinical Workshop Trainers: Adela Onuțu, Adrian Grunfeld *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| Time | Session |
| 14:00 - 18:00 | Fluoroscopy Workshop (basic needling, interlaminar epidural, caudal, SI joint) Trainers: Ionuț Branea, Ovidiu Palea *limited places available, pre-registration required |
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| The 8th e-ESRA International Edition *program coming soon |
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| Time | Session |
| The 8th e-ESRA International Edition *program coming soon |
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| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Simulation Workshop 1 Trainers: Clara Lobo, Roman Zuercher, Lotte van Geffen, Lara Ribeiro, Hana Harazim, Mihai Botea, Iustin Loghin, Andrei Borcan *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Simulation Workshop 2 Trainers: Clara Lobo, Roman Zuercher, Lotte van Geffen, Lara Ribeiro, Hana Harazim, Mihai Botea, Iustin Loghin, Andrei Borcan *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Limbs Workshop Trainers: coming soon *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Trunk Workshop Trainers: coming soon *limited places available, pre-registration required |
| Time | Session |
| 9:00 | ARAR Board Meeting |
| 10:00 | ARAR General Assembly *members only |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Best Free Papers and e-Poster Competition Chair: Dan Sebastian Dîrzu |
| VIP Workshops - Upon request Participants can choose the lecturers and the topics to be covered. Please contact the Congress secretariat for more details. |
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| Time | Session |
| 10:00 - 14:00 | Fluoroscopy Workshop: Spine procedures, facet joints, transforaminal Trainers: Emanuel Narcis Husu, Ionuț Branea *limited places available, pre-registration required |
